Who are people who traveled to find food, rather than staying in one place?
hunter-gatherers
100
Hunter-gatherers continuing to travel, following their food sources is an example of what?
Migration
100
What Native American peoples lived in the Southeastern region of North America and farmed crops such as corn and beans?
the Cherokees
100
Who played the central role in gathering and preparing food in the daily Native American lives?
Women
100
Why did the first hunter-gatherers migrate throughout North America and into Central?
they did not farm
200
What is a decision-making body?
Council
200
Mound Builders
Which Native American group is known for having built huge earthern structures in the Mississippi River region?
200
How did the Puebloans change their environment so they could overcome their conditions of little rainfall and grow crops?
They dug irrigation canals
200
What was the role of men in the Native American society?
Hunting, fishing, and protecting the community
200
Which group was surrounded by water and learned to build canoes.
the Powhatans
300
What is a system for making rules and decisions to help guide a group?
Government
300
True or False? The earliest settlers in North America arrived by migrating northward from South America.
False
300
Which two Native American peoples lived in the Pacific Northwest and built an economy based on animals of the sea?
Makah and Nootka
300
Which Native American people created the kachina, a doll that represented natural forces and ancestors?
the Puebloans
300
What type of geographical region did the Puebloans live?
dry
400
What is a system by which a group makes, shares, and uses goods?
Economy
400
True or False? Hunter-gatherers most likely crossed a lang bridge from Asia into North America. They migrated southward into Central and South America over time.
True
400
The Plains people using the bison as a source of food, clothing, and shelter is an example of Native American __________.
Native American economy
400
What type of dwellings did the Pueblo people build?
shelter under cliffs
400
Who's role was it to gather and cook the food ? Men or women?
Women
500
What is a large animal that once roamed the plains by millions?
Bison
500
Which Native American people built the large city of Tenochtitlan and controlled much of what is present-day Mexico?
The Aztecs
500
Name three Native American peoples whose cultures flourished before the arrival of European explorers and settlers in the Americas.
Aztecs, Iroquois, and the Mound Builders
500
What type of dwellings did the Plains people build?
teepees from Bison skin
500
Who did the hunting in the Native American society?